One of the creators of WhatsApp recommends that you delete your Facebook account

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton is encouraging Facebook users to delete their account if they want to keep their privacy safe. Acton was present as a speaker at a class at Stanford University, where he explained why he sold WhatsApp to Facebook, why he left, with harsh criticism of the platform for prioritizing monetizationabout user privacy.

Acton explained during his conference that users give power to social networks like Facebook, and that's the worst of all.“We buy your products. We register on their pages. You have to delete Facebook, right? "Declared the executive. Brian Acton sold the messaging app to Facebook for around 17 billion euros at the turnaround in October 2014, but did not leave the company until 2017. Since then it has been a very critical voice with the social network, and it is not for less.

Facebook has been mired in different scandals over privacy issues. One of the most notorious was that of Cambridge Analytica, in which millions of accounts were delivered to third parties without any type of control. In fact, this could have affected the outcome of the British Brexit and the results of Donald Trump's US elections in 2016.

Only a month ago, the British Parliament ruled on this issue, accusing Facebook of doing business with the data of its users.A report ensures that the social network intentionally and knowingly violated both data privacy laws and anti-competitive practices. It wouldn't be the first time that Brian Acton has badmouthed Facebook for its privacy issues.The businessman acknowledged in the past that it was very difficult for him to accept the sale of WhatsApp, it was as if a child was taken from him. Acton took his share of the blame and commented that there is not a day that he does not regret having sold the privacy of his users for a greater profit.